Grand Marnier Soufflés

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Saturday 26 June 2010 23:27

These individual vanilla soufflés include a surprise layer in the middle: almond cookies soaked in an orange liqueur syrup. The soufflés are thickened with a cooked mixture of butter, flour, and milk called a panade, which adds body and richness. Egg yolks are whisked into the panade to form the soufflé base, and then beaten ...

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Chocolate Mousse Cake

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Saturday 26 June 2010 23:00

* 1 pound unsalted butter * 1 cup sugar * 1/4 teaspoon salt * 1 pound quality semisweet chocolate * 1 cup coffee (freshly brewed please) * 8 large eggs (at room temperature) * 2 cups sweetened whipped cream * 1 cup Raspberry Sauce (recipe below) Put all of the ingredients except for the eggs in a heavy saucepan and place ...

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Acorn squash galette

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Saturday 26 June 2010 22:51

For the dough: 1) In a medium bowl, mix together the flour and butter with your fingers until the butter is just mixed in throughout the flour. Add the chilled water 1 tablespoon at a time and mix it into the flour mixture with your fingers. Use just enough water so that the dough just ...

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Lemon Pudding Brulee With Blueberries

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Saturday 26 June 2010 21:27

This is a yummy looking dessert I am going to try from Sandra Lee today on the Food Network along with her other lemon recipes. My hubby loves Creme Brulee - it’s his favorite dessert in fact, and I think I could manage this one for Valentine’s Day. I will post a pic if ...

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Beet and Cabbage Salads

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Saturday 26 June 2010 21:10

These vegetables are served as an on-table condiment at Chez Navarre. They are also great served side by side on their own or with beef or pork. Ingredients Beet salad: * 2 tablespoons Sherry wine vinegar * 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard * 5 tablespoons safflower oil * 3 large raw beets, peeled, coarsely grated Cabbage salad: * 1/4 cup distilled white vinegar * ...

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Grilled French Bread

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Saturday 19 June 2010 11:33

1 Loaf (8 oz.) baguette-style French bread 2 TB olive oil 1 TB chopped fresh parsley and/or chives Cut bread into 16 slices. In a small bowl, stir together oil and parsley or chives. Brush one side of each bread slice with the oil mixture. Place bread slices on the rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium coals. Grill for 2 to ...

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Lobster Quiche Recipe

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Saturday 19 June 2010 11:26

Ingredients: • 1 Pie shell • 1 tsp Dijon mustard • 6 Eggs (beaten) • 1 Cup swiss cheese (grated) • 1/2 Cup sour cream • 1 Cup cheddar cheese • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce • 1/2 Cup scallions (chopped) • 1/4 tsp Black pepper • 6 oz Lobster meat (chopped) How to make Lobster Quiche: • Mix eggs, sauce, sour cream, Dijon mustard, pepper and sour cream. • Blend ...

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French Baguettes

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Saturday 19 June 2010 11:21

Ingredients * 1 cup water * 2 1/2 cups bread flour * 1 tablespoon white sugar * 1 teaspoon salt * 1 1/2 teaspoons bread machine yeast * 1 egg yolk * 1 tablespoon water Directions 1. Place 1 cup water, bread flour, sugar, salt and yeast into bread machine pan in the order recommended by manufacturer. Select Dough cycle, and press Start. 2. When ...

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Hollandaise Sauce

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Saturday 19 June 2010 11:13

Ingredients : Hollandaise (sauce) : for asparagus, poached fish, artichoke hearts. Ingredients for this sauce : 3 eggyolks 8 centiliters (nearly 3 fl oz) of vinegar 150 grams (5 oz) butter half a lemon juice table salt Direction : 1/Make the butter slowly melt and then take away the whey on top and keep the butter warm. 2/In a small saucepan, reduce on heat ...

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Fruit Salsa

Posted by admin | French food recipes | Friday 25 December 2009 0:03

Christmas Holiday is coming… I wish all my readers a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Today I want to share one sensational salad recipe that might be well fit to your festive Christmas table. This is a Fruit Salsa, very colorful and beautiful combination of many fruits and few vegetables. Here are honeydew melon, ...

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